#goodnews #health #medicine #science #technology #heart #invention #UK
At-Home Foot Scanner Can Detect the Warning Signs of Heart Failure
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/at-home-foot-scanner-can-detect-the-warning-signs-of-heart-failure/
“pelvic floor problems aren’t only caused by pregnancy and childbirth. In fact, research shows that intense physical activity, even in women who have never been pregnant or given birth, can contribute to dysfunction.”
#ReproSci #ObGyn #Medicine #WomensHealth
https://theconversation.com/pelvic-floor-dysfunction-what-every-woman-should-know-258427
"More than 98% of families in this country choose to vaccinate their young children. But now, vaccine policy is being shaped by the small, extreme minority that doesn’t. This decision doesn’t reflect, protect or support families."
~ American Academy of Pediatrics
In small #Singapore there are at least three associations/societies of #aesthetic #medical #professionals as testified by this joint forum letter. One hopes that te other fields of #primary #medicine in te lion city are similarly vibrantly represented (if not more!) as it's probably commonsense that they are arguably more critical to a nation's #publichealth well-being than aesthetic concerns.
Forum: All medical procedures, including injectable treatments, carry #risks
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-all-medical-procedures-carry-risks-including-injectable-treatments
"Lewis' cancer had already reached an advanced stage by the time it was detected -- delayed in part by her long-standing fear of mammograms and concerns about radiation exposure...Foregoing traditional treatments can have dire consequences."
John Snow, father of #epidemiology and #PublicHealth, died OTD in 1858 https://toilet-guru.com/cholera-pump.html?s=mb #travel #medicine #history
John Snow, father of #epidemiology and #PublicHealth, died OTD in 1858 https://toilet-guru.com/blog/49.html?s=mb #travel #medicine #history
Also.
ALSO.
Doctors are not the paragons of rationality they like to present themselves to be.
Ever.
You can watch them vehemently argue that bioidentical, micronized progesterone is harmful based on studies that used a synthetic progestin with different effects (in an older cohort) and CONTINUE TO USE THOSE STUDIES AS EVIDENCE even after the flaws are pointed out to them.
It's especially egregious when they are operating outside of their domain expertise, but I'd argue it applies even _within_ their domain expertise. At least by and large.
"No studies have proven that…"
Funny how doctors love to trot that out right before they say something that completely invalidates patients' experiences.
I also don't mean patients' experiences with whatever follows the "that," I mean patients' experiences with _how poorly they are treated into today's medical system_.
The mixture of the paternalistic model of healthcare, absolutely awful biases, and a bizarre set of conceits, the costs, and the executive function load required to navigate it all? And how many of us have been given somewhere between "bad" to "outright gaslighting" guidance from medical professionals?
So first of all: A great deal of medicine is uncharted territory, and you don't realize how much of it that is true for until you get into the weeds of a condition.
Second: If you don't want people looking elsewhere then medical care needs to be accessible and easy to use, and you need to actually listen to your patients.
I don't blame someone in pain trying to find a supplement to that reduces it when every doctor they approach thinks that they either "just have anxiety" and/or are drug seeking opioids;
I don't blame someone with MCAS from listening to advice on forums when the immunologists they talk to will flat tell them that MCAS doesn't exist and if it does exist they don't have it per an arbitrary (and disputed, even among clinicians) blood test;
I don't blame a trans woman from taking guidance from her DIY discord when her experience is that half the doctors she see try to convince her that HRT is a bad thing and the other half keep her levels maxed at what should be her trough.
I'd love if everyone could get the pain support they need.
I'd love if everyone got doctors who believed their symptoms and would be willing to work with them.
I'd love if every trans person had easy access to medical transition if they wanted it.
I'd love if all of these were easy to do and inexpensive to manage.
There are (generally) four pillars of bioethics. Two of them are Justice and Autonomy. What the frak are you doing when those are the lowest priority for you to the point of implementing this paternalistic model and then using that model as an excuse to deny them _actual medical care_?
**Global warming may increase the burden of obstructive sleep apnea**
"_High ambient temperatures (99th vs. 25th; 27.3 vs. 6.4 °C) are associated with a ~ 45% increase in the probability of having OSA on a given night, globally. The increase in OSA prevalence in 2023 due to global warming was associated with a loss of 788,198 (489,226 to 1,087,170) healthy life years, and a productivity loss of ~105 million days from impaired workplace attendance in the 29 studied countries._"
Lechat, B., Manners, J., Pinilla, L. et al. Global warming may increase the burden of obstructive sleep apnea. Nat Commun 16, 5100 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60218-1.
#OpenAccess #OA #Article #DOI #Sleep #Medicine #Heath #Epidemiology #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #Academia #Research @climatechange
Judge deems #Trump's #NIH grant cuts illegal
A federal judge in Boston on Monday said the termination of National Institutes of #Health #grants for #research on #diversity-related topics by Trump's admin's was "void & illegal," & accused the government of discriminating against minorities & #LGBT people.
#law #science #medicine
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/
Purdue Pharma, Sackler family to settle U.S. opioid lawsuits for US$7.4B - National | Globalnews.ca
John Snow, father of #epidemiology and #PublicHealth, died OTD in 1858 https://toilet-guru.com/blog/45.html?s=mb #travel #medicine #history
John Snow, father of #epidemiology and #PublicHealth, died OTD in 1858 https://toilet-guru.com/blog/43.html?s=mb #travel #medicine #history
John Snow, father of #epidemiology and #PublicHealth, died OTD in 1858 https://toilet-guru.com/blog/38.html?s=mb #travel #medicine #history
Novo Nordisk Loses Canadian Patent Protection For Blockbuster Diabetes Drug Over Unpaid $450 Fee - Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk forfeited patent protection for semaglutide -- t... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/06/16/1438211/novo-nordisk-loses-canadian-patent-protection-for-blockbuster-diabetes-drug-over-unpaid-450-fee?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #medicine
